This show, curated by Kamila Kuc, explores Scott Stark's preoccupation with the human form
Still from Angel Beach (2001) by Scott Stark
DOORS 7PM
Curated by Kamila Kuc, this show explores Stark's preoccupation with the human form through a variety of formats, from animated 3D stereoscopic photographs, Super8 and 16mm film, to digital video.
In Stark's own words, each video is 'a "first film" with its own cinematic language, one that the viewer learns and engages with as the piece unfolds. This language is shaped by the particular mechanics of each medium, in the same way verbal language is shaped by the mechanics of the human mouth. Thus each film charts the possibility of a pre-cinema experience, one that might have evolved had not narrative and commerce been cinema's prevailing motivational forces.'
Scott Stark has made over 75 films and videos since the early 1980s, and has created numerous installations, performances and photo-collages as well. His work has shown nationally and internationally in venues as diverse as New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Cinematheque, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Tokyo Image Forum, and many others. His 16mm film Angel Beach was invited into the 2002 Whitney Biennial, and in 2007 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He now lives in Austin, Texas. He is the webmaster for Flicker (www.hi-beam.net), the web resource for experimental film and video.